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CHARLES C. WHITE, OF NVJ YORK, N. Y.

DISAPP'EARING BED.

Original application led December 19, 1919, Serial No. 346,128.

July 17, 1924. Serial No. 726,563.

To all Jwhom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. 7i-Irre, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State oi NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in DilsappearingBeds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to disappearing beds. l

The present application is a division ot that filed by me December 19,1919, for disappearing beds, Serial Number 346,128. h

In hotels and apartments in which disappearing beds are used, it isdesirable to utilize the space in the bed compartment as a dressing roomas well as a storage compartment for the beds, and the. primary objectof the present invention 1s to provide a structure which is adapted tohold a plurality of beds with provision for access to the compartment,both when the beds are disposed therein or in the room, so that thecompartment will always be available as a dressing room.

The invention consists in the several novel 'features hereinafter setforth and more particularly deiined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a structure embodyingthe invention, the beds being shown in the closet. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section on line 2-2 ol F ig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionon line 3"?) oi Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective, showing themanner oit removably seein-ing the beds to the doors.

A closet or recess 8, designed to contain a plurality of beds withsuilicient space between them ior use as a dressing room or the like,has a back-wall 10 and side walls 9 joining a partition or wall 11a of aroom 11. The iront of the closet or compartment communicates with theroom 11 and the opening between them is adapted to be rclosed by twodoors l2, each ot' which is centrally pivoted, as at 13, and anintermediate or central door 14, which is pivoted at 15. These threedoors form a complete closure for the front of the closet. One oi? theAdoors 12 is provided with a pair of brackets 18 and screws 20, forsecuring the head-frame of either a single or double bed to said door.The other door 12 is provided with a similar bracket 18 and screwDivided and this application filed 2O for removably securing thehead-frame oi a single bed thereon.

The folding bed illustrated comprises a head-frame 17 and a cross-rail17, a bediirame 16 having a pivotal and slidable connection with thecorner posts and links 16a, ot' the construction more fully set `forthin an application .tiled by me September 23, 1921, Serial No. 502,699.This bed construction exempliiies one which can be swung into a verticalplane and to a horizontal operative position when it has been withdrawnfrom the closet.

Each door 12 being centrally pivoted, per mits the bed thereon to beswung through an are of 180o so that the bed thereon may be disposed inthe compartment or closet or in the living room 11. The intermediate orcentral door 14 can be opened when either one or both of the beds are inthe closet or in the living room, so that the closet may be used as adressing room to which access can be obtained, either while the beds arein their operative position or while they are in the closet.

In some instances, it is desirable to produce additional sleepingcapacity by providing a double bed in lieu of a single bed. This can bedone by mounting the headframe of the double bed as indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 2. The intermediate door 14 is pivoted adjacent one of itsedges. When additional sleeping capacity is desired, a double bed issecured on the left hand door 12 which is adjacent to the free end of'the intermediate door, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. Thispermits the intermediate door to be swung into position shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2, to provide access to the double bed and permit itsprojecting portion to swing into the living room. This door may, ifdesired, be of sutlicient width to permit entry into the closet whilethe double-bed is in position on the left-hand door.

The invention is not to be understood as restricted to the details setforth, since these may be modified within the scope of the appendedclaims, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination with a wall-closet or recess, oit a plurality ot bedsmovable into said closet or recess, centrally pivoted horizontallyswinging' doors to which the beds are respectively and removably securedso they can be swung` horizontally fromthe closet into the adjacent roomand an intermediate door between said centrally pivoted doors, thecentrally pivoted doors being formed to serre as closures both when thebeds are in the closet or recess and when they are in the room, theintermediate door being operable so it can be opened or closed when thebeds are in the closet or recess or in the room.

2. r he combination with a wall-closet or recess, of a plurality of bedsmovable` into said closet or recess, centrally pivoted horizontallyswinging doors to which the beds are respectively and removably securedso they can be swung horizontally from the closet into the adjacent roomand an intermediate door between said centrally pivoted doors, andpivoted to swing on a point adjacent the end ol one of the centrallypivoted doors, the centrally pivoted doors being formed to serve asclosures both when the beds are in the closet or recess and when theyare in the room, the intermediate door being operable so it can beopened or closed when the beds are in the closet or recess or in theroom. c l

Signed at New York, New York, this l0 day of July, 1924.

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